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Serious B570 crash in North Northamptonshire on 9 March 1985 at 13:40 involving a motor scooter

Four motor scooters were involved in a crash on the B570 in North Northamptonshire at 13:40 on Saturday 9 March 1985. The 19-year-old male rider of vehicle 3 and the 17-year-old male rider of vehicle 4 were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Mar 1985
Saturday, 13:40
Vehicles
4
Motor scooter and 3 others
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.28093, longitude -0.65945, in the NN29 postcode district and within the built-up area of Irchester. The location was in the former Wellingborough district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Northamptonshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198534AW00301
Council area
North Northamptonshire
Police force
Northamptonshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
570
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 10 November 1994.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Motor scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

  • Vehicle 2: Motor scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

  • Vehicle 3: Motor scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

  • Vehicle 4: Motor scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 3 (Motor scooter)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 4 (Motor scooter)

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 198534AW00301 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Northamptonshire road accident statistics for 1985.